Verve Blogs

Because we are in college, relationships seem like a relevant topic. I do not proclaim to be an expert by experience. I speak here as a physician, and remember one need not have experienced the disease of the patient to be able to cure it. As it concerns a change of perspective, I do see […]

Dozens of topics interest me (as with you doubtlessly), yet, due to the nature of time and circumstance, we are directed to particular areas. A theme has been on my mind and I wish to share it with you. We are living within a society in a world. For a society to properly function (such […]

Folks, I have good news. I got an internship for the summer, and the Earth will continue to rotate and everything will be fine. To be honest, I was worried for a while. I was panicking that I would have to live at home with my mother for the summer, or even worse, stay in […]

I’ve been working in food service since I was a sophomore in high school, so roughly four years. There was a six or 7-month period where I thought it was cool to not have a job at all because, I’m a genius. I started as kind of an all-around kitchen worker at a nursing home, […]

Dozens of topics interest me (as with you doubtlessly), yet, due to the nature of time and circumstance, we are directed to particular areas. A theme has been on my mind and I wish to share it with you. We are living within a society in a world. For a society to properly function (such […]

I’ll be honest; sometimes I get a kick out of playing the out-of-state student card. Let’s face it; I’m so busy that writing this column is technically serving as a means of procrastinating five other class assignments. When your life is that dismal, you have to make your own fun. I’m not ashamed. Besides, I’m […]

Is dating all about getting ambushed? I felt my most recent date was going to be some sort of trap. My editor usually does not give me a lot of background on my dates, but this participant’s self-portrait was so unique, my editor had to share some of the best parts with me. Her application […]

For my date with Blaine, he asked if I liked Asian food, and I do, so we went to Silk Road. Both upon our arrival and our departure, he displayed a chivalrous personality by opening doors for me, which I greatly appreciated. While we ordered two separate entrees, he was more than willing to share […]

What is in a name? An interesting question, Mr. Shakespeare. It’s a question that caused no little bit of controversy on Facebook this last week.   Sometimes when I’m lying awake at night and pondering my life, I consider my name. Sometimes I say it to myself over and over again. “Jackie.” After a while, […]

I have a confession to make; I don’t know how to deal with change. I like to make it seem like I know what I’m doing and that I can go with the flow, but to be honest, it’s really hard for me to wrap my mind around change, no matter how big or small […]